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Revista de la Asociación Colombiana de Dermatología y Cirugía Dermatológica, 2007 La Meningococcemia aguda es una infección causada por Neisseria meningitidis, transmitida de persona a persona por secreciones respiratorias. Su pre sentación clínica es polimorfa, y la más común es la meningitis aguda.
Ana Maria Villa Escobar +2 more
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A Case of Fulminant Meningococcemia: It Is All in the Complement
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2017 Eculizumab is a novel monoclonal antibody that inhibits complement-mediated hemolysis in patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH). Complement deficiency is a well-known risk factor for meningococcal infection. We describe a case of a young
Kellie L. Hawkins +3 more
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Chronic meningococcemia: a rare presentation of meningococcal disease: case report
Autopsy and Case Reports, 2012 Chronic meningococcemia is a rare clinical presentation within the spectrum of infections due to Neisseria meningitidis, which was first described in 1902. It is defined as a chronic and benign meningococcal bacteremia without meningeal signs or symptoms
Antonio Adolfo Guerra Soares Brandão +3 more
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Clinical and Laboratory Manifestations of Meningococcemia in Children [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2006 Lack of vaccination and modern health care facilities in many countries including Iran let meningococcemia to remain as a serious challenging disorder especially among children and in spite of improved diagnosis and earlier treatment its prognosis is ...
S Mamishi +2 more
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Salud Pública de México, 2004 La meningitis bacteriana continúa siendo uno de los grandes problemas de la salud pública mundial. En particular, la infección por Neisseria meningitidis afecta tanto a países desarrollados como subdesarrollados, y se presenta en formas endémicas y ...
Lourdes Almeida-González +3 more
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Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2019 The meningococcal disease manifestation associated with the presence of Cryptococcus neoformans is rare. There are no reports in the literature about these simultaneous infections in immunocompetent patients.
Guilherme Dienstmann +6 more
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Edema agudo hemorrágico da infância Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy
Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia, 2004 Relatamos o caso de uma criança de oito meses de idade com infecção das vias aéreas superiores, seguida de irritabilidade e pelo aparecimento de lesões purpúricas na face, extremidades e pavilhões auriculares e edema de dorso dos pés e das mãos ...
Fabiana Britto Goulart +3 more
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Rifampin-resistant Meningococcal Disease
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005 Rifampin-resistant meningococcal disease occurred in a child who had completed rifampin chemoprophylaxis for exposure to a sibling with meningococcemia. Susceptibility testing of 331 case isolates found only 1 other case of rifampin-resistant disease in ...
Jean Rainbow +5 more
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African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2011 The first cases of meningococcal meningitis were described in Geneva in 1805 and in New England in 1806, the causative agent finally being identified by Anton Weichselbaum in 1887.
Alex Koyfman, James Kimo Takayesu
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